Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers

Released: May 2, 1978

Songwriter: Tom Petty

Producer: Denny Cordell Noah Shark Tom Petty

I don't need to belong to no one
I don't belong at all
Got my face in a corner
Got my back to the wall

Yea pretty baby, I'm restless, restless
Restless through and through
I'm restless, restless
You look restless too

I'm a hair-trigger lover
And I can't face up to nothing
I'm impatient with the wind
But I'm waiting here for something

Pretty baby, I'm restless, restless
Restless through and through
I'm restless, restless
You look restless too

Restless sleep, twisted dreams
Moving targets, silent screams
Restless city, restless street
Restless you, restless me

I'm a face out the window
I'm a black satin sheet
And I can't stay warm
I stay out in the street

Yea pretty baby, I'm restless, restless
Restless through and through
I'm restless, restless
You look restless too

Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers – an L.A.-based gang of sharp-dressed garage-rock refugees from Gainsville, Florida – released their debut LP in November 1976, featuring two tracks which are now part of their long list of hits, “Breakdown” and “American Girl.”

Since that first LP in ‘76, the band’s style has epitomized and largely defined the American “heartland rock” movement – a vintage-guitar twang, hard lyric truth, and searing vocal attitude.

Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers have been nominated for 17 Grammy awards and sold more than 80 million records worldwide, making them one of the world’s best-selling bands of all-time.

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